• 제목/요약/키워드: Morphological instability

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Oxygen Potential Gradient Induced Degradation of Oxides

  • Martin, Manfred
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제49권1호
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2012
  • In many applications of functional oxides originally homogeneous materials are exposed to gradients in the chemical potential of oxygen. Prominent examples are solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) or oxygen permeation membranes (OPMs). Other thermodynamic potential gradients are gradients of electrical potential, temperature or uni-axial pressure. The applied gradients act as generalized thermodynamic forces and induce directed fluxes of the mobile components. These fluxes may lead to three basic degradation phenomena of the materials, which are kinetic demixing, kinetic decomposition, and morphological instabilities.

Morphological analysis and morphometry of the occipital condyle and its relationship to the foramen magnum, jugular foramen, and hypoglossal canal: implications for craniovertebral junction surgery

  • Pakpoom Thintharua;Vilai Chentanez
    • Anatomy and Cell Biology
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    • 제56권1호
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2023
  • Anatomical knowledge of the occipital condyle (OC) and its relationships to surrounding structures is important for avoiding injury during craniovertebral junction (CVJ) surgeries. This study was conducted to evaluate the morphology and morphometry of OC and its relationship to foramen magnum, jugular foramen (JF), and hypoglossal canal (HC). Morphometric parameters including length, width, height, and distances from the OC to surrounding structures were measured. The oval-like condyle was the most common OC shape, representing for 33.0% of all samples. The mean length, width and height of OC were 21.3±2.4, 10.5±1.4, and 7.4±1.1 mm, respectively. Moreover, OC was classified into three types based on its length. The most common OC length in both sexes was moderate length or type II (62.5%). The mean distance between anterior tips and posterior tips of OC to basion, and opisthion were 11.5±1.4, 39.1±3.3, 25.2±2.2, and 27.4±2.7 mm, respectively. The location of intracranial orifice of HC was commonly found related to middle 1/3 of OC in 45.0%. JF was related to the anterior 2/3 of OC in 81.0%, the anterior 1/3 of OC in 12.5%, and the entire OC length in 6.5%. These morphological analysis and morphometric data should be taken into consideration before performing surgical operation to avoid CVJ instability and neurovascular structure injury.

만성 발목 불안정성(CAI) 환자와 건강 대조군 간 종합적 발목관절복합체의 생체역학적 특성 (Biomechanical Characteristics of Comprehensive Ankle Joint Complex between Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI) and Healthy Control)

  • Kim, Byong Hun;Jeong, Hee Seong;Lee, Inje;Jeon, Hyung Gyu;Lee, Sae Yong
    • 한국운동역학회지
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.168-175
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    • 2021
  • Objective: To investigate the static and dynamic analysis of ankle joint complex between subjects with chronic ankle instability (CAI) and healthy controls. Method: A total of 38 subjects and CAI group (N=19) and healthy control (N=19) participated in this first study. Variables that were measured in this study were as follows: 1) Subtalar joint axis inclination and deviation 2) Rearfoot angle 3) Navicular drop test 4) Heel alignment view in alignment analysis. Intra Correlation Coefficient (ICC) is used for reliability. A secondary 17 subjects are recruited including 9 of CAI and healthy for gait analysis between group. Lower extremity sagittal, frontal, and transverse kinematics were measured. All data were analyzed to ensemble curve analysis. Results: 1) There were statistically significant differences in standing rearfoot, navicular drop, heel alignment view, subtalar joint (STJ) inclination and deviation. 2) Only in sagittal, meaningful difference is showed during walking in gait analysis. Conclusion: Morphological problem can affect ankle sprain in aspect of structure with no relation to compensation of neuromuscular.

Does the SED of a galaxy constrain its merger history?

  • 이재현;이석영
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.76.2-76.2
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    • 2011
  • It is widely accepted that the SED of a galaxy relates to its morphology. In addition, the SED of the galaxy is closely connected to its star formation history, and its morphological properties are affected by the merger history, interactions with its environment, and the gravitational instability of its dynamical system. Thus, it is likely that star formation history correlates to the elements that determine morphological properties. Among the elements, this study investigates how much the merger histories of galaxies influence their star formation histories. By using simple merger trees and semi-analytic models, which disregard feedback processes to exclusively identify merger effects on star formation histories, we examine the relation between various merger histories and SEDs of galaxies. From the results, we discuss whether the SED of a galaxy can represent and constrain its merger history.

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우주비행 훈련 기간에 채취한 예비우주인 모발의 형태적인 변화 - 증례 보고 - (Morphological Changes of Pre-Astronaut's Hair During Spaceflight Training - A Case Report -)

  • 이원근;장병수
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제39권4호
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    • pp.365-371
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구는 우주비행 훈련 중인 남녀 예비우주인의 모발을 채취하여 모발의 형태적 변화를 전자현미경을 사용하여 관찰하였고 인장강도 특성을 인장강도기를 사용하여 분석하였다. 남성과 여성 두 예비우주인의 모발 표면은 매우 거칠고 불규칙한 모양을 하고 있었다. 예비우주인들의 모발표면에는 파괴된 큐티클세포의 잔유물이 지저분하게 붙어 있었고, 비늘이 분리되어 있었다. 그리고 큐티클층을 이루고 있는 큐티클세포의 세포질에는 많은 구멍을 형성하고 있었다. 모발 표면에서 큐티클세포의 부서짐은 이들 구멍들이 형성된 부위인 내큐티클이 파괴되면서 나타났다. 그리고 여성 예비우주인 모발의 인장강도는 14.60mm로서 건강모발과 비교하였을 때 약 10% 감소한 것으로 나타났다.

열 및 열-기계적 피로에 의한 내열합금 표면의 홈의 형상변화 (Morphological Change of the Surface Groove on a Heat Resistant Alloy Due to Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Cycling)

  • 이봉훈;선신규;강기주
    • 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2007
  • The existence of grooves on the surface of bond coat has significant effect on the instability of thermal barrier system. In this work, the thermal-mechanical fatigue experiments were performed under various thermal and mechanical loads for FeCralloy specimens with and without yttrium dopant to observe the deformation of surface grooves. The effect of temperature, fatigue load and the ratio of curvature on the deformation of grooves were investigated. As the results, it has been found that the higher load level and the higher curvature ratio induces the larger deformation near the grooves. However, the addition of yittrium dopant induces the adverse results.

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Morphological transformations during drying of surfactant-nanofluid droplets

  • Osman, Abdulkadir;Shahidzadeh, Noushine;Stitt, Hugh;Shokri, Nima
    • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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    • 제67권
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    • pp.92-98
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    • 2018
  • The effect of surfactants with different chain length on the drying dynamics of nanosized dispersion droplets and on the final morphology of the grains formed after water evaporation is investigated experimentally. An acoustic levitator was used to examine the drying dynamics of single droplets and SEM imaging was used to characterise the morphology of the final dried grains. Results show that the drying of drops with high molecular weight surfactants leads to more irregular grains and that the grain morphology is related to surface tension driven instability of the evaporating droplets which may lead to formation of hollow dried grains.

Cytotoxic Potentials of Tellurium Nanowires in BALB/3T3 Fibroblast Cells

  • Mahto, Sanjeev Kumar;Vinod, T.P.;Kim, Jin-Kwon;Rhee, Seog-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제32권9호
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    • pp.3405-3410
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    • 2011
  • We have investigated the cytotoxic potential of tellurium (Te) nanowires in BALB/3T3 fibroblast cells. Te nanowires were synthesized through an aqueous phase surfactant assisted method. Toxicological experiments, such as analysis of morphological changes, MTT assay, DAPI staining, and estimation of intracellular reactive oxygen species, were carried out to reveal the cytotoxic effects of Te nanowires. Te nanowires were found to be cytotoxic at all concentrations tested, in a dose-dependent manner. The UV/Vis spectra of Te nanowires suspended in a culture medium showed drastic changes and disappearance of two broad absorption peaks. The physicochemical properties such as, surface charge, size, and shape of Te nanowires were found to be altered during exposure of cells, due to the instability and agglomeration of nanowires in the culture medium. These results suggest that the chemical components of the DMEM medium significantly affect the stability of Te nanowires. In addition, TEM images revealed that necrosis was the basic pattern of cell death, which might stem from the formation of toxic moieties of tellurium, released from nanowire structures, in the bioenvironment. These observations thus suggest that Te nanomaterials may pose potential risks to environmental and human health.

PHASE FIELD MODELING OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

  • Sekerka, Robert F.
    • 한국결정성장학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국결정성장학회 1996년도 The 9th KACG Technical Annual Meeting and the 3rd Korea-Japan EMGS (Electronic Materials Growth Symposium)
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    • pp.139-156
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    • 1996
  • The phase field model is becoming the model of choice for the theoretical study of the morphologies of crystals growth from the melt. This model provides an alternative approach to the solution of the classical (sharp interface) model of solidification by introducing a new variable, the phase field, Ø, to identify the phase. The variable Ø takes on constant values in the bulk phases and makes a continuous transition between these values over a thin transition layer that plays the role of the classically sharp interface. This results in Ø being governed by a new partial differential equation(in addition to the PDE's that govern the classical fields, such as temperature and composition) that guarantees (in the asymptotic limit of a suitably thin transition layer) that the appropriate boundary conditions at the crystal-melt interface are satisfied. Thus, one can proceed to solve coupled PDE's without the necessity of explicitly tracking the interface (free boundary) that would be necessary to solve the classical (sharp interface) model. Recent advances in supercomputing and algorithms now enable generation of interesting and valuable results that display most of the fundamental solidification phenomena and processes that are observed experimentally. These include morphological instability, solute trapping, cellular growth, dendritic growth (with anisotropic sidebranching, tip splitting, and coupling to periodic forcing), coarsening, recalescence, eutectic growth, faceting, and texture development. This talk will focus on the fundamental basis of the phase field model in terms of irreversible thermodynamics as well as it computational limitations and prognosis for future improvement. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DMR 9211276

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강우로 인한 철도 연변사면의 활동분석 : 실내모형실험 (Analysis on the Rainfall Driven Slope Failure Adjacent to a Railway : Flume Tests)

  • 사공명;김민석;김수삼;이인용
    • 한국지반공학회논문집
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    • 제22권5호
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2006
  • 최근 지구온난화현상으로 인해 발생하는 국지성 호우는 철도 연변사면 활동 및 활동 토체로 인한 선로매몰 그리고 선로유실 등의 불안정성을 초래하는 요인으로 대두되고 있다. 강우로 인한 사면의 거동에 대한 현장조사 결과 토층의 두께 및 사면의 형태적 특성 등에 따라 서로 다른 활동특성이 관측되었다. 이와 같은 활동특성을 천층 활동타입, 중간층 활동타입, 우곡부 활동타입, 암반 경계부 활동타입 4가지로 분류하였다. 이러한 관측과 관련하여 각 타입의 활동메커니즘을 규명하고 강우시 사면의 거동특성을 분석하고자 실내모형실험을 수행하였다. 실내모형실험은 미립분함량, 초기함수비, 경사각, 다짐에너지를 고정 변수로 취하고 토피고, 강우강도, 사면표면의 형태를 변화시키는 조건으로 수행되었다. 실내모형실험의 결과 천층 활동은 주로 표층에서 발생하며 침식에 의한 활동임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 초기 침식이 상대적으로 다른 활동타입에 비해서 늦게 발생하였으나 침식의 진행은 빨랐다. 우곡부 활동타입은 우곡부로 집수된 빗물로 인하여 침식 정도가 더 심하게 진행되었으며 사면내 위치하는 전석이 드러날 정도였다. 전석층까지 침식이 발생한후 전석의 존재로 인하여 추가적인 침식이 상대적으로 그 이전보다 느리게 발생하였다. 암반 경계부 활동타입의 경우 본 실험에서 가장 빨리 초기 활동 발생이 관측되었다. 각 활동타입에서 공통적으로 관측된 사항은 사면의 하단부에서 초기 변형이 관측되었으며 이러한 관측은 사면내 침투수의 사면방향의 흐름을 의미한다.